What color is your Abacab?
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Topic: What color is your Abacab?
Posted By: smartpatrol
Subject: What color is your Abacab?
Date Posted: May 19 2012 at 20:06
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Abacab was released with four differant covers. Each had the same colouge, but with differant colors. Here they are: "Navy Blue"  "Red":  "Peach":  "Yellow":  Mine's Navy Blue ------------- http://bit.ly/1kqTR8y" rel="nofollow">  The greatest record label of all time! |
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Posted By: infocat
Date Posted: May 19 2012 at 21:31
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I think mine is yellow, or maybe peach, but I'd have to look to make sure (and I'm not going to at the moment!). But I prefer the navy blue by far! ------------- -- Frank Swarbrick Belief is not Truth. |
Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: May 19 2012 at 21:58
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Probably Peach. I like the Navy Blue one as well.
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: May 19 2012 at 23:28
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Mine is the Navy Blue one... though as a matter of fact, the part that should be Navy Blue in my copy looks rather purple... However, in a rather out of topic note, this is the Genesis album, from those that I already have, that I like the least. |
Posted By: Anthony
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 01:38
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They only used the different colours for the LP, right? All CD versions I've seen are "Navy Blue". ------------- Future prosperity lies in the way you heal the world with love (Introitus - The hand that feeds you) |
Posted By: Morningrise
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 01:55
| Navy Blue. My favorite between those 4. |
Posted By: Gerinski
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 01:59
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Both my Abacab and my Avatar are blue |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 03:09
| crispy black colour after I fished it out of the fire |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 05:20
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Navy Blue. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 05:25
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Yellow and an other I can't remember its not here! ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 06:30
Yes, I think that's correct. I have a cd version, so it's navy blue. |
Anthony wrote:Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 11:39
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Navy blue. Both my vinyl and my CD. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 12:46
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I din't even know they did this! Mine is peach. I wonder if these represent regional or national distribution. For example, I bought mine in California. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: gerdtheater
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 12:49
| Navy Blue |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 12:50
Nope, All available everywhere ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: infocat
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 14:00
Decided to check. My CD is definitely peach. Purchased in the early 90s (probably '90 or '91). ------------- -- Frank Swarbrick Belief is not Truth. |
Posted By: Morningrise
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 14:05
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Posted By: progtapper
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 15:34
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My CD is navy blue. I had a T-shirt with the same color. I like this cover. Really beautiful artwork!
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 15:45
| Peach. |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 16:03
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Thank God I don't have it, but I've only ever seen the navy blue one.
But whichever way you package it, it's still a crock of s**t. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 16:36
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Never bought it, but in Peruvian stores was sold in the blue color. BTW: My problem is not in the cover, the music is the problem.  Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 17:16
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Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 17:27
I really think you need to leave this site if you consider this kind of direct abuse appropriate. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 17:35
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^^^ First time since I have been here that I have seen such a direct attack.  Use emoticons or other language as this is a friendly place and we are all entitled to an opinion. And I agree that Abacab is the worst but I like the cover too
 
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 17:36
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Hercules, even when my opinion about ABACAB is stronger than you'rs, calling something other members like a "crock of s**t" is disrespectful. Sartpatrol: Your reply is even worst than Hercules statement. Why don't you both delete your posts before an Adm checks them and warns you both? Iván -------------
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Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 17:44
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I tried it won't let me delete it ------------- http://bit.ly/1kqTR8y" rel="nofollow"> The greatest record label of all time! |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 17:46
Edit it and leave it blank. Iván -------------
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 17:51
^^^ Good call Ivan. The Admins will be upset here. Both comments were disrespectful - in saying that Abacab was a mediocre album , but I guess it has its fans and I can appreciate that... But its better than these: Morbid Angel's Ivid......whatever......Insanus, Metallica's St Anger, ELP's Love Beach. Agree?
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Posted By: smartpatrol
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 17:53
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 18:27
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I was around when it came out and a huge fan of their early stuff at the time. I didn't think it was all that bad then or now.
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 18:40
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Smartpatrol You have your hands clean now. Probably Hercules will delete it when he comes back online. Iván
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 18:52
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Won't help if you don't delete yours Ivan. ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: infocat
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 22:42
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I listened to it just last week and found it surprisingly enjoyable. "No Reply at All", while an OK pop song, is misplaced. Perhaps it would have been OK later in the album. But I like all of the other songs to varying degrees. Certainly much better than Invisible Touch! ------------- -- Frank Swarbrick Belief is not Truth. |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 22:44
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I was really into it when it first came out, and still think it has some great songs, like the title track and Dodo. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: May 21 2012 at 06:02
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Pretty strong album musically imo. Does fade a bit in the latter half of Side 2. Invisible Touch is consistently excellent throughout. Both better than Love Beach I agree, But I like Love Beach too (being an ELP megafan)
And yeah. No one has told anyone "  you" since I used to regularly abuse people. Warms the cockles of me heart I tells ya. Just kiddin'. We'll leave that stuff to other forums. I agree the "Crock of sh*t" comment riled me up too. I chose to ignore it. I must be getting better or somethin'
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: May 21 2012 at 06:28
this made me laugh actually ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: May 21 2012 at 09:31
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I've warmed to the album in recent years. I'd give it a cautious three stars these days, on the strength of four tracks (Me & Sarah Jane, Dodo/Lurker/Keep it Dark/Abacab) The artwork however, is totally uninspiring, in whatever manifestation. In my opinion. I used to have a white Abacab t-shirt in the 80's. It got washed with my mums red blouse and it came out pink. I never wore it again... ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: May 21 2012 at 09:39
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The peach cover looks the most familiar to me, so I think that one, but I'll try and remember to check tonight. ------------- 
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: May 21 2012 at 13:09
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Well, Abacab will probably always remain controversial. Abacab used to be one of the albums from my favorite Genesis era, which was from And Then There Were Three to Three Sides Live. During the years, the older albums have grown on me and Abacab has "shrunk" on me, so to say, but I still think Abacab is a decent album. Not prog as we know it, but with good songs all over the album. |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: May 21 2012 at 13:21
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ABACAB is quite a good album. There you are damned with faint praise if ever it was. I do think it was a good decision to try writing in a completely different way, and I think that Dodo and title track work to a certain extent. But, I prefer so much other music that I hardly ever listen too it.
It is not a Crock of Gold nor a Crock of the other stuff mentioned earlier in the thread. On which point I think if that is the best you can say then don't say it at all. Say why you don't think it is the best thing since sliced bread don't resort too what is basically name calling. The same goes for the FY. Good job Snowy is still on the medication or...... ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: May 21 2012 at 14:24
 Hey, come on. The album isn't that bad, is it? It's definitely not the most consistent out of the 80's Genesis albums, but it's got some pretty great tunes - No Reply At All, Abacab, Me And Sarah Jane, Dodo/ Lurker, Who Dunnit?, the only tracks I really enjoy to a certain degree. -------------
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Posted By: Green Shield Stamp
Date Posted: May 21 2012 at 15:42
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Mine's navy blue. I know it's not the strongest album the band produced (not by a long chalk) but the first Genesis gig I attended was when they were touring the album shortly after its release. With the exception of Whodunnit, it's not a bad album (but certainly not a great one.) ------------- Haiku Writing a poem With seventeen syllables Is very diffic.... |
Posted By: Gerinski
Date Posted: May 21 2012 at 16:34
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It must be years i did not listen to it but Abacab and Dodo are good tracks (and fun to play BTW), and nice in Three Sides Live.
Who Dunnit is rather bad and all the other tracks are listeneable but far from great.
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Posted By: Gerinski
Date Posted: May 21 2012 at 16:37
 a good example that if you want to strongly critisize something, at least do it with humour and not offensively. |
Posted By: Flyingsod
Date Posted: May 21 2012 at 22:26
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I have the only red copy so far.. I'm ALWAYS the odd man out.... ------------- This space intentionally left blank |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: May 22 2012 at 04:12
That was the case for the vinyl way back then, but was it ever for the CDs?? (never even thought to check)
I never owned Abacab, btw
Another album to which they did this was Split Enz's True Colours along with that laser etched vinyl (my fave version was the Blue and Yellow version)
(and in a different style: Zep's In Through The Outdoor) ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: The-Winkler
Date Posted: May 22 2012 at 07:18
i have them I have them all
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Posted By: Flyingsod
Date Posted: May 22 2012 at 19:42
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: May 23 2012 at 02:59
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Navy Blue. ------------- 
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: May 23 2012 at 03:16
Good call
 , but only 3/4 correct ... the stripes were always blue, red and yellow, but sometimes switched places (well the yellow and the red... the blue always remained on top)... and in some countries, the stripe were vertical instead of horizontal... and indeed the pictures behind the coloured stripes were sometimes different as well ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: May 23 2012 at 11:57
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Barney Bubbles designer of many a Hawkwind cover (class) also did Ian dury's wallpaper covers
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Posted By: Flyingsod
Date Posted: May 23 2012 at 22:25
Wellllll it seems to me that if two out of three colours changed then I'm 2/3 right. and that's better t... um wait is two thirds more than three quaters? n/m then. I didnt know about the vertical stripes though, that's cool.------------- This space intentionally left blank |